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Tajik Youth Forum contributes to national action plan on protection of children
Publishing date: 28 November 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Youth
DUSHANBE, 28 November 2001-- The third Tajik youth forum "Youth in Development" convened to express support to the ongoing reform process in Tajikistan. The forum was initiated by the governmental Tajik youth committee and enjoyed...
Statement by the OSCE Mission to Estonia on the adoption of changes to the laws on national and local elections
Publishing date: 23 November 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Estonia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
TALLINN, 23 November 2001-- The OSCE Mission to Estonia highly welcomes the decision by the Riigikogu (Estonian Parliament) on 21 November 2001 to amend the Laws on National and on Local Elections...
OSCE Ministerial Council agenda will examine counter-terrorism measures
Publishing date: 20 November 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils
VIENNA, 20 November 2001 (OSCE)- An action plan on counter-terrorism measures will feature on the agenda of the OSCE's Ninth Ministerial Council, which is scheduled to take place on 3 and 4 December in the Palace of Parliament, Bucharest...
South East European University opens in Tetovo, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 20 November 2001
Content type: Press release
THE HAGUE, 20 November 2001 (OSCE)- This morning, in an official ceremony, the South East European University was formally opened in Tetovo, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Speaking at the ceremony, the OSCE High Commissioner...
Women decision-makers from Central Asia meet to discuss legal reform
Publishing date: 19 November 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 19 November 2001- A two-day international conference on the role of women in legal reform in three of the States of Central Asia and Russia was held on 15 and 16 November in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe...
OSCE issues statement on tenth anniversary of the fall of Vukovar
Publishing date: 16 November 2001
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 18 November 2001 (OSCE)-- On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the fall of Vukovar, the OSCE Mission to Croatia issues the following statement...
Chair of human trafficking task force ends trip to Albania
Publishing date: 16 November 2001
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
TIRANA, 16 November 2001- During her three-day visit to Albania, the Chair of the Stability Pact Task Force on Trafficking in Human Beings, Minister Helga Konrad, met with the Albanian Ministers of Public Order, European Integration, Justice...